Chapter 60: Interrogation and Confession
The next day, Donner randomly picked a few pirates from the Blood Shark Regiment for questioning, and Jason took notes on the side.
"Name!"
Jason did as he was told, and the room suddenly became dark, with an oil lamp lit to the right of a rectangular wooden table.
The pirate was bound by ropes, and the bright lights shone on his shrunken face, Donner sat across from him, raising an eyebrow and asked.
The cramped and dimly lit environment can often bring great psychological pressure, so for example, most of the interrogation rooms in the police station have similar arrangements, the purpose is to let the interrogated person tell the truth under invisible pressure.
Sweat was oozing from the pirate's forehead, he knew Donner, and he had seen this harmless leader with a smile on his face all the time, using a strange weapon to punch a bloody hole in the thigh of the Blood Shark Leader, whom everyone in the pirate group feared.
"Name!" said Donner.
The pirate swallowed saliva with a rolling throat, not knowing Donner's intentions, and the honest Nono replied: "Lev!"
"Age!"
The pirate was stunned for a long time before he said, "My lord, I ...... this Thirty or thirty-one? I forget. ”
"Where are you? I mean, before you became a pirate, you were a resident of that territory. ”
"Jane Horn Collar!" the pirate was confused.
"How many years have you been a pirate?"
"Ten years? or twelve, my lord, it's been too long, I don't remember it very clearly. The pirate replied cautiously.
Donner didn't say anything, it didn't matter what he asked, it was just a psychological suggestion.
"Why did you come to invade Crescent Island this time?" Downer continued.
The pirate froze again, and thought to himself, don't you know that?
Downer stared at Lev: "How many inhabitants are there on Cancer Island?"
"I don't know this little one, there are always three or four hundred people!"
"How many pirates are there there, and what's the name of the leader who stayed on Cancer Island?" Donner quickened.
"Deputy Head Brett remained on the island, with nearly a boatload of brothers at home to keep watch. ”
According to the general specifications of a corsair, it is only three or four hundred tons, and the crew on board is about eighty to one hundred and two.
Donner remained silent and continued to ask some questions about Cancer Island, such as the fighting power of the pirates, the defense of Cancer Island, the origin of the island's residents, and the relationship with the pirates.
After the interrogation, Donner asked Mike to interrogate him instead: "Just follow the way I just did, just select ten pirates to ask questions one by one, no matter what these pirates answer, don't ask questions, just record it, and tell me after the interrogation." ”
Mike nodded, not understanding Donner's intentions, but he knew to obey orders.
Donna exited the room and headed for the blacksmith's shop. The grenades made a few days ago have already been consumed in the battle at the dock, and in order to prepare for the next war, the grenades will be manufactured more quickly.
There are other things that I didn't have time to explain yesterday, and we have to arrange them today.
It was not until dusk that Donner paused, took the porcelain cup that Anna had handed him, and drank the water in one go, feeling for the first time that he lacked help.
"It seems that we need to train a few more people to help with some chores. Donner sighed in his heart, there are only more than 200 people, and there will be more people in the liberation regiment in the future, and if he relies on himself, he is afraid that he will die of exhaustion.
By this time the ten pirates had finished interrogating, and Mike went to the blacksmith and handed Donner a stack of vellum paper.
Donner quickly flipped through the interrogation record and muttered, "Tomorrow we will continue to pick out five of the ten people, and ask them according to the questions they answered, to see if the answers are the same as today's." ”
"Yes, Commander!" McJing's unique military salute to Crescent Island.
Donner replied, "Let's go back to dinner, I'm tired for two days, rest early." ”
Mike left Blacksmith's Pool, and the next day, continued to interrogate five pirates who had been randomly selected.
Donner clutched the vellum paper and listened, and the five pirates were a little puzzled.
It took about three hours, and finally after the interrogation, Donner pushed open the door and walked out, and the pirates had answered a few of the same answers as yesterday, and the important questions were all right, and no one was lying.
Then now the specific situation on Cancer Island can be confirmed, the Blood Shark Pirate Regiment still has nearly a hundred pirates left on the island, led by the last deputy head Abt.
According to several pirates, this deputy commander was originally a servant of a noble knight, because his wife was insulted by a noble knight, he took revenge and killed the noble knight, and then he was exiled to Cancer Island as a pirate.
Moreover, it seems that this civilian knight and several other deputy captains do not have a very good relationship because of their respective ideas. That's why this invasion of Crescent Island was left alone on Cancer Island.
In addition, there are about four or five hundred inhabitants of the island, and most of these inhabitants are pirates who forcibly plundered Cancer Island from merchant ships at sea and coastal territories, most of them are women, and some craftsmen.
Judging from the pirates' confessions, the inhabitants of the island did not get along with the pirates, and were even very hostile to the pirates.
Originally, they all lived and worked in peace and contentment on the mainland and lived a stable life, but they were killed by pirates, plundered to Cancer Island, and enslaved and vented by pirates, how could these people not hate?
This...... Very good!
The worse the situation on Cancer Island, the better for the Liberation Mission, and Donner's biggest concern is that the residents of Cancer Island and the pirates will work together to work together, if this happens, the operation to capture Cancer Island may not be so easy.
The pirates were re-imprisoned, and Mike followed Donner, who turned sideways to Mike and said, "Divide these pirates into two teams in the afternoon, go to the beach to train, train according to our methods, and if anyone resists or makes trouble, kill them directly." ”
Although the pirates of the Blood Shark Pirate Group have surrendered, it is not a way to keep them imprisoned, and it is easy to make this group of pirates think wildly.
Donner wanted to subdue the pirates and integrate them into the liberation regiment, but he knew that this was impossible, and he did not dare to distribute weapons to this group of pirates.
The attack on Cancer Island still needs to be repaired for more than ten days to prepare for the work, dry food, weapons, ship inspections, personnel arrangements, etc., must be planned to ensure that accidents are minimized.
Then take advantage of this time to train the pirates during the day, squeeze their energy out, and have no strength to think about escape, resistance, chaos and other things.
Moreover, when the time comes to attack Cancer Island, these pirates may also have to be put to use.
Towards dusk, Donner arrives on the beach, gathers the pirates, and transforms them one by one.
Let each of them stand up and confess the crimes they have committed at sea or on the mainland, such as how many merchant ships they have looted, how many people they have killed, what means they have used, etc., and they must tell the process in detail, and finally they must repent loudly about these evil deeds they have committed.
The goal is to break the pirates' inner defenses and expose their weaknesses.
Anyway, that scene ...... It was very embarrassing for a while, and many pirates recalled the bloody and cruel scenes in the past, and couldn't help but cry bitterly.
These sins hidden deep in their hearts are estimated to have tormented them all the time in the past.
It wasn't until half a month later that everything was ready, and the two sailing ships of Crescent Island sailed out of Crescent Island Bay and headed towards Cancer Island.
Anna stood on the dock, watching the ship go away, gesturing and praying on her chest, praying for Donner's safe return.